Re: [Goanet] Virgin coconut oil...

2009-12-03 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Floriano, how dare you make such unScientific statements on Scientific-Goan-et :-) FN 2009/12/3 J. Colaco < jc> > 2009/12/3 floriano > > VCO is a miracle as it is saturated with LAURIC ACID which is the > number one immune booster of the human body. You will not believe it > but it seems Magic

Re: [Goanet] Meeting... and adding a face to the name (and the emails)

2009-12-29 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Isn't this true of Bombay, Rangoon, Kampala, Nairobi, Aden, Calcutta, Colombo, and especially the 'White Town' in Pondicherry? This is true of cities which remained inegalitarian colonial paradise as long as their policies encouraged a priviledged few to enter and stay there in relative luxury. C

Re: [Goanet] Svettor Kori

2009-09-22 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Francis, Agreed, this is too vast a project for one person to undertake. How about a collaborative project then? Wonder if anyone else would be interested. It could be on the lines of the (still rather modest) http://wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIndia or even an attempt to list more Goa-related bo

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye Goans ahoy ghantis

2009-09-22 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Hi Arwin, Of course I don't have all the "answers". The response was to a very specific comment by Ole Xac/Bernardo about "uncontrolled" migration and what I see as the out-migration link to that (which nobody wants to talk about for obvious reasons). Of course, corruption and lobbies taking over

Re: [Goanet] CHRISTIANs WITH HINDU NAMES ARE COWARDS

2009-09-22 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Strange! This echoes the Hindutva argument that crypto-Christians attempt to hide their identity by adopting "Hindu" names! I wonder what conspiracy theory could be built about Christians in India with Portuguese (or British) names! Incidentally, my kids have Arabic and Nigerian first-names (and

Re: [Goanet] Svettor Kori

2009-09-22 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Hi Eddie, I do understand this is a huge task, and I'm not asking any single individual to do it alone. Maybe some individual could give the lead, with other volunteers joining in. Being influenced by Free Software ideas, I think collaborative functioning is the way to go Btw, though the task

[Goanet] Volunteers Clean the World's Beaches

2009-09-23 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Volunteers Clean the World's Beaches WASHINGTON, DC, September 18, 2009 (ENS) - The Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup, the world's largest volunteer effort to help protect oceans and waterways, gets underway Saturday with hundreds of thousands of volunteers expected to pick up tras

[Goanet] Portuguese books... available online for free

2009-09-23 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Portuguese books... available online for free http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/pt -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Updated: http://goabooks.wordpress.com

Re: [Goanet] Check out this Wikipedia entry

2009-09-23 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
2009/9/23 Tony de Sa : > While surfing the net, I came across this Wikipedia entry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_D%27Souza > Can anyone throw more light on this gentleman who seems to be of Goan origin? Francisco D'Souza is the son of Goanetter Placido D'Souza, former ambassador to man

[Goanet] Photos from Sunaparanta this evening: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622440759570/

2009-09-23 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Some photos from Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts from their event of September 23, 2009: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622440759570/ There's an event at Sunaparanta every Wednesday 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at 63/C-8, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji Ph:2421311 i...@sgcfa.o

[Goanet] Request for permission to broadcast Goan Konkani music

2009-09-26 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all: My friend, Anzil Ferns, a young student from Goa in Mangalore, tells me about the recent launch of Sarang 107.8 MHz, a community radio station by St Aloysius College. See http://http://www.thehindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092458810300.htm for details. This is managed by the post-grad

Re: [Goanet] let us call a spade a spade!

2009-09-26 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
AF raises some important questions. We always think that *we* and not The Other is more Goan! And we fail to recognise the diversity within a Goa. Ironically, all (or most) groups here tend to do the same and be exclusivist! FN 2009/9/26 Mario Goveia : > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:36:51 -0400 > Fr

Re: [Goanet] Funnies from bhailo rascal

2009-09-27 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
What is your point? You can't dismiss an argument by arguing against a person. FN 2009/9/27 Rajan P. Parrikar : > To Goanet - > > >From the department of "laugh-him-out-of-town" - we now > have a bhailo scum dispensing advice to Goans on the > course Goa should take.  This is the same fellow, mind

Re: [Goanet] Treating state treasury as personal piggy bank

2009-09-27 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
The Goa government has been doling out subsidies left, right and centre. Some deserved, others not. We have subsidies for buying computers by college kids (even if their parents have the means, and even if three siblings in the same home have already benefitted in the past). We have subsidies give

[Goanet] WANTED: Musical Instruments, any condition

2009-09-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Joaquim Pacheco is looking out for "any old working or non working musical instruments (non electrical)" in Goa and says, "I will be glad to pick them up." This is one of the notes that came out recently via the Freecycle Network of Goa. More about it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/panajifreecyc

Re: [Goanet] PaltadachoMunis (The Man Beyond the Bridge)

2009-09-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Didn't the word 'poltodi' come from pre-bridge days? So, wouldn't it mean The Man From Across The River? But then, does one have to be very literal in translations, always? Okay, ask the "rancid pickles" guys and Parrikar. (Incidentally, the word Parrikar actually used was the Hindi/Hindustani-inf

Re: [Goanet] Indian colonialism

2009-09-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: Alternative Publishing - Is it viable to traditional publishing? WHERE: Art Lounge - Sunaparanta, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji WHEN: September 30, 2009 - 5:30pm http://www.faceb

Re: [Goanet] Goan attitude towards molestors

2009-09-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: Alternative Publishing - Is it viable to traditional publishing? WHERE: Art Lounge - Sunaparanta, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji WHEN: September 30, 2009 - 5:30pm http://www.faceb

Re: [Goanet] Indian colonialism - FN

2009-09-29 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: Alternative Publishing - Is it viable to traditional publishing? WHERE: Art Lounge - Sunaparanta, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji WHEN: September 30, 2009 - 5:30pm http://www.faceb

[Goanet] Obit: Valeriano Luis Azavedo (in http://goanvoice.org.uk)

2009-09-30 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Condolences to Arlette Azavedo, a Goanetter who has contributed to this network with her writings, on the death of her husband Val: Deaths 29 Sept: Porvorim/Mapusa, Goa. VALERIANO LUIS AZAVEDO (Born 1954; Ex-Sesa Goa, Sirsaim). Beloved husband of Arlette. Loving father of Aldrin & Aldryk. Brother

Re: [Goanet] WhzzUpGoa... early October 2009

2009-10-02 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Anthony, thanks for your comments. I'd look forward to any inputs I could receive from others so as to make this a collaborative venture, and try to sustain it. The tiatr plays get well advertised in the Herald (in season, but specially on the weekends). Unfortunately I'm not sure that this gets

[Goanet] Stuti, the Goa Choral Ensemble... at the Mae de Deus Church (Saligao)

2009-10-12 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Spicy Goa sausage has global potential: Vikram Doctor

2010-06-11 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक रोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Spicy Goa sausage has global potential: Vikram Doctor http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/corporate-dossier/Spicy-Goa-sausage-has-global-potential-Vikram-Doctor/articleshow/6035241.cms -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Updated: http://goabooks.wordpress.com